Q50. Which event is known as the Calcutta Killings?
[RRB Group D CBT (6 October 2022, Shift 1)]
- (A) Quit India Movement
- (B) Direct Action Day
- (C) Salt Satyagraha
- (D) Bengal Satyagraha
Answer: (B) Direct Action Day
Explanation: The correct option is “Direct Action Day”. The All-India Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, designated 16 August 1946 as Direct Action Day amid disagreements over constitutional arrangements. The call was followed by severe communal violence in Calcutta, increasing tensions before independence.
Q49. Which historical event is NOT correctly matched with its year?
[CISF ASI LDCE (23 August 2022)]
- (A) Lucknow Pact — 1916
- (B) Swadeshi Movement — 1905
- (C) Partition of Bengal — 1900
- (D) Jallianwala Bagh massacre — 1919
Answer: (C) Partition of Bengal — 1900
Explanation: The option “Partition of Bengal — 1900” is right. The year attached to that option is historically incorrect. Bengal was partitioned in 1905, while the transfer of the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi was announced in 1911, not 1909. Accurate chronology identifies the mismatched pair.
Q48. Who annulled the Partition of Bengal?
[WBCS Mains (2021 cycle), Paper IV (May 2022)]
- (A) Lord Minto
- (B) Lord Curzon
- (C) Lord Chelmsford
- (D) Lord Hardinge
Answer: (D) Lord Hardinge
Explanation: The answer is “Lord Hardinge”. The annulment of Bengal’s 1905 partition was announced at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911 during King George V’s visit. Lord Hardinge was then Viceroy; the reversal followed sustained opposition and accompanied wider administrative reorganisation.
Q47. Which Viceroy announced the decision to divide Bengal in 1905?
[NHM Haryana Community Health Officer (24 April 2022)]
- (A) Lord Chelmsford
- (B) Lord Hardinge
- (C) Lord Irwin
- (D) Lord Curzon
Answer: (D) Lord Curzon
Explanation: Here “Lord Curzon” is correct. Many nationalists regarded Curzon’s division of Bengal as a divide-and-rule measure separating political and linguistic communities. The resulting agitation combined boycotts, indigenous production, meetings and cultural mobilisation and helped launch the Swadeshi movement in 1905.
Q46. Which policy of Lord Curzon attracted the strongest opposition?
[DSSSB Junior Secretariat Assistant (2 April 2022, Shift 2)]
- (A) Partition of Bengal
- (B) Army reforms
- (C) Judicial reforms
- (D) Ancient Monuments Act
Answer: (A) Partition of Bengal
Explanation: The correct option is “Partition of Bengal”. The Partition of Bengal came into force on 16 October 1905 under Lord Curzon. Although defended officially on administrative grounds, it provoked nationalist opposition and helped inspire the Swadeshi boycott campaign; it was later revoked in 1911.
Q45. When was the All India Muslim League founded?
[OSSC Soil Conservation Extension Worker (11 February 2022)]
- (A) 1915
- (B) 1909
- (C) 1919
- (D) 1906
Answer: (D) 1906
Explanation: The option “1906” is right. The All-India Muslim League was established at Dacca on 30 December 1906 during a gathering associated with the Muhammadan Educational Conference. Its political programme must be distinguished from the earlier foundation of the Indian National Congress.
Q44. On which date was the Partition of Bengal announced?
[MP Police Constable (6 February 2022, Shift 1)]
- (A) 17 October 1905
- (B) 19 July 1905
- (C) 18 July 1905
- (D) 16 October 1905
Answer: (B) 19 July 1905
Explanation: The answer is “19 July 1905”. The British announced Bengal’s partition plan on 19 July 1905, while implementation occurred on 16 October 1905. Confusing those two dates is common; the intervening months saw growing opposition and a formal Swadeshi boycott resolution.
Q43. Arrange chronologically: (1) Deliverance Day; (2) Lucknow Pact; (3) Direct Action Day; (4) Formation of the All India Muslim League.
[Telangana Police SI Prelims (2022)]
- (A) 4, 1, 2, 3
- (B) 4, 2, 1, 3
- (C) 4, 2, 3, 1
- (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: (B) 4, 2, 1, 3
Explanation: Here “4, 2, 1, 3” is correct. The All-India Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, designated 16 August 1946 as Direct Action Day amid disagreements over constitutional arrangements. The call was followed by severe communal violence in Calcutta, increasing tensions before independence.
Q42. What was the immediate cause of the launch of the Swadeshi Movement?
[Allahabad High Court ARO (15 December 2021, Shift 1)]
- (A) Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
- (B) Eighteen months’ imprisonment of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (C) Arrest and deportation of Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh
- (D) Death sentences of the Chapekar brothers
Answer: (A) Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
Explanation: The correct option is “Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon”. Lord Curzon, Viceroy from 1899 to 1905, pursued Bengal’s partition. The plan was announced in July and implemented on 16 October 1905. Widespread resistance gave rise to Swadeshi and boycott campaigning, and the measure was later annulled.
Q41. When was the All India Muslim League founded?
[Allahabad High Court ARO (15 December 2021, Shift 2)]
- (A) 1947
- (B) 1919
- (C) 1910
- (D) 1906
Answer: (D) 1906
Explanation: The option “1906” is right. The All-India Muslim League was established at Dacca on 30 December 1906 during a gathering associated with the Muhammadan Educational Conference. Contemporary negotiations involved both the British administration and competing Indian political organisations.
